Round Towers of Ireland

Christiaan Corlett (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

80 Seiten

2025
O'Brien Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78849-516-5 (ISBN)

Infos

From Glendalough in the Wicklow mountains to Tipperary’s Rock of Cashel and Offaly’s Clonmacnoise, from Aghagower in County Mayo to County Dublin’s Clondalkin, Round Towers Of Ireland features over forty of these remarkable and intriguing structures.

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Round towers are almost unique to Ireland and are a national icon. Dating to early medieval times, over seventy towers remain scattered around Ireland. From Wicklow’s Glendalough to Tipperary’s Rock of Cashel and from Aghagower in County Mayo to County Dublin’s Clondalkin, ROUND TOWERS OF IRELAND features over forty of these intriguing structures.

Autor

Christiaan Corlett is an archaeologist with the National Monuments Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. He has written, compiled and edited many books on subjects ranging from archaeology, history and folklore to early photography. His books include: Glendalough, Antiquities of West Mayo, Jane W. Shackleton’s Ireland and Inscribing the Landscape: the Rock Art of South Leinster. Chris is also one of Ireland’s photographers of archaeological and historical monuments, and the majority of the photographs in this book are his own work.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.2.2025
• Zusatzinfo: 90 Halftones, color
• Verlagsort: Dublin
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 196 x 260 mm
• Themenwelt: Reiseführer ► Europa ► Irland
• ISBN-10: 1-78849-516-0 / 1788495160
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78849-516-5 / 9781788495165
• Zustand: Neuware